Join Wild Ones Midcoast Maine for another fun garden tour, this time with permaculture teacher Joan Herzog on Sunday, June 28, between 11 AM and 3 PM. Learn how to enhance your vegetable garden yields and fruit crops with the beauty and function of native plants and pollinators—it’s a win-win for people and wildlife! Location: […] Continue reading "Tour this garden! Enhancing Edible Gardens with Native Plants on Sunday, June 28"

DATE: TUESDAY, JUNE 23 AT 6:00 PM LOCATION: AT CAMDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY Rodenticide usage for pest control is becoming rampant and has devastating impacts on wildlife. Instead of solving the problem, these poisons are killing wildlife including rodents’ natural predators, as well as pets. Rodents who eat rodenticides from bait boxes are then consumed by […] Continue reading "TUESDAY, JUNE 23 AT 6:00 PM: The Truth About Rodenticides: Expert Panel and Community Q&A at Camden Public Library"

Join biologist, native plant enthusiast, and Wild Ones Midcoast Maine board member, Chelsea B. Plimpton, for a fascinating and informative presentation detailing the life of monarch butterflies on Thursday, June 19 at 6:30 PM on Zoom. Chelsea will teach us about pollination and monarch butterfly species characteristics as well as discuss participation opportunities within several […] Continue reading "THURSDAY, JUNE 18 AT 6:30 PM: “Monarch Butterflies: A Deep Dive into Species Specifics” Zoom Webinar with Chelsea B. Plimpton"

No Mow May isn’t so straightforward. How do you parse out this puzzle and make the best management decision for wildlife and your lawn? Read to find out. Amy Thomas, MSW, MNRD, GIP, Restoration Ecologist, President Wild Ones Midcoast Maine Owner of Keystone Native Habitat Revised April 30, 2026 No Mow May started in 2019 […] Continue reading "No Mow May? It Depends."

Friday, May 22 at 1:00 PMLocation: Penobscot Bay YMCA, 116 Union St in RockportBring a fresh salad or dessert to share and join us for anafternoon of community, conversation, and learning!FREE, registration required. Click the button below to register online or visit the Pen Bay YMCA front desk. Meet Destry Oldham-Sibley of Wild Ones Midcoast […] Continue reading "Community Garden Party at Penobscot Bay YMCA"

Find Wild Ones Midcoast Maine at the Rockland Sunday Stroll on Sunday, May 17, 11 AM – 3 PM! This Sunday Stroll’s theme is PLANTS and all about creating pedestrian greenspace. Wild Ones Midcoast Maine will have a booth on Main Street all about native plants, with resources and more. Learn about native ecology, how […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Midcoast Maine at Rockland Sunday Stroll on May 17!"

Wild Ones Midcoast Maine will be at the Green Home + Energy Show on Saturday, March 28! Join our president Amy Thomas, restoration ecologist, for an engaging workshop on “How to Transition Your Yard to Natives” at 1:00 PM. See sample gardens before, during, and after their transition to natives; examples of residential and permaculture […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Midcoast Maine at the Green Home + Energy Show on March 28!"

Today we reach across state lines to thank a generous donor. Wild Ones Midcoast Maine is honored to receive a $1,200 grant from the Cissy VD Bryson Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.  We are thrilled and will put this gift to good use! Thank you again to the Cissy VD Bryson Fund, at the […] Continue reading "Thank you to the Cissy VD Bryson Fund!"

Camden Native Plant Celebration and Sale 2025 A Wild Ones Midcoast Maine Event Thank you EVERYONE! for contributing to the success of our 4th Annual Camden Native Plant Celebration and Sale on Sunday, September 14th, 2025. Native plants provide HOPE. Many factors contributed to making this annual event a success—growing awareness, getting the word out, […] Continue reading "Thank you! Camden Native Plant Sale & Celebration 2025 Recap"